[DMANET] TSL Dissertation Prize 2013 - Call for Submissions

!!!!!! Deadline June 30, 2013 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nominations are invited for this years Dissertation Prize Competition sponsored by the INFORMS Society on Transportation Science & Logistics.This award is the oldest and most prestigious honor for doctoral dissertations in the transportation science and logistics area. The award is accompanied by a $500 honorarium for the winner. In addition, the winner and the recipient of an honorable mention (if any) each receives an 8x10 plaque announcing the award.

The following criteria will be used in judging candidate dissertations.

- Fundamental contribution and originality of the ideas or methods.
- Practical importance or applicability in solving important real problems.
- Clarity and excellence of the exposition.

Eligible doctoral dissertations are those completed and submitted between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013 in the general area of transportation science and logistics.

To be considered, a dissertation must be nominated by the thesis supervisor, who should submit the following items, all electronically in Adobe PDF format:

- A copy of the dissertation (in PDF),
- An extended abstract (3-5 pages), separate from thesis (in PDF or MS Word),
- A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor supporting the submission and stating his/her assessment of why the thesis is worthy of the award (in PDF or MS Word), and,
- A completed nomination form: https://www.informs.org/content/download/268305/2535870/file/TSL%20Dissertation%20Prize%20Nomination%20Form.doc

Submissions should be sent electronically to Martine Labbé, Committee Chair, at mlabbe@ulb.ac.be. The deadline for receipt of submissions is June 30, 2013. The recommendations of the judges will be announced at the INFORMS Annual Meeting during the TSL business meeting

2013 Committee Chair

Martine Labbé
Computer Science Department
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Boulevard du Triomphe CP 210 / 01
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
E-mail: mlabbe@ulb.ac.be

2013 Other Committee Members

Satish V. Ukkusuri

Thomas Vossen

Douglas Fearing

Juan-José Salazar-González

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Prof. Martine Labbé Tel: + 32 (0)2 6503836
Département d'Informatique, Fax: + 32 (0)2 6505970
Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 212 Email: mlabbe@ulb.ac.be
Boulevard du Triomphe http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/%7Emlabbe/
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

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